Dear All, Following the Council’s discussion on possible outreach to the GAC / European Commission / EU Member States in relation to implementation of art28 NIS2, I reached out to Elena Plexida, Vice President, Government and IGO Engagement, to share with her the Council’s discussion and ask whether any outreach has been undertaken in this regard by ICANN org. She shared that: “ICANN org has been in contact with the European Network Information Security Agency (ENISA) which is supporting the EU Member States coordination in the context of the NIS Cooperation Group, including coordination in view of the implementation of art.28 of the NIS2 Directive. (It is noted that ENISA recently published DNS Identity, a report that provides a view of authentication and verification of domain name owners in the context of domain name registration (see https://www.enisa.europa.eu/publications/dns-identity). The objective of this outreach is to ensure that the work of the multistakeholder model in this area and existing requirements are recognized and understood. ENISA is eager to take ICANN org’s input on board and is expecting further details on the existing requirements so that existing ICANN policies and procedures can be taken into consideration. In order to avoid duplication in outreach efforts, the Council may want to consider coordinating with ICANN org on any further outreach it may want to undertake.” Elena has indicated that she is available to share more information on the outreach to date and engage with those that were interested to pursue a possible communication to make sure any outreach is complementary to efforts already underway. If those that were interested in working on a possible letter together with Thomas and Greg, can indicate so on the mailing list by Friday 28 July? Following that, the staff support team can send out a doodle to find a date / time for the drafting team to meet with Elena to discuss possible next steps. Best regards, Marika